Obama’s Apology Speech to the IOC for Chicago Corruption and America’s History of Unsportsmanship-like Conduct

@Blast: As Davey iterates it, it does come across as a bit of groveling with a slam-on-America-style remark.

And I think that over the last several years sometimes that fundamental truth about the United States has been lost.

Why does he think this, blast? It’s like a fabricated platitude. It’s been “lost” that Chicago and America is diverse over “the last few years” (re: Bush years)?! How does this reasoning inspire the IOC to want to host the Olympics in Chicago? Tugging on their heart-strings, begging them to help us make Americans feel better about themselves and wanting a chance to prove to the world that they can love us if they know us?

Good Lord, someone hand me my violin:

By Ed Henry
CNN Senior White House Correspondent

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (CNN) — After flying through the night for seven hours aboard Air Force One, nobody would blame President Obama for being at least slightly groggy when he arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a quick four hours to make the final pitch for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics.

Maybe that explains why the president seemed to snag the silver medal while first lady Michelle Obama, who’s been in Copenhagen a couple of days, clearly took the gold with an emotional speech focused on her family’s roots in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, and her late father’s battle with multiple sclerosis.

“Sports were a gift I shared with my dad, especially the Olympic Games,” Obama said in her portion of the U.S. delegation’s final presentation to the International Olympic Committee. “Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad’s lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection.

“But I never dreamed that the Olympic flame might one day light up lives in my neighborhood,” she said. “But today, I can dream, and I am dreaming of an Olympic and Paralympic Games in Chicago that will light up lives in neighborhoods all across America and all across the world.”

The mention of the Paralympic Games was significant because a good bit of Obama’s speech tugged at the heartstrings by focusing on how her father was diagnosed with MS in his early 30s, leaving him nearly unable to walk. She spoke in a halting voice about how he kept getting sicker but still taught her how to play sports while propping himself up on crutches.

“My dad was my hero. And when I think of what these games could mean to people all over the world, I think of people like my dad, who face seemingly insurmountable challenges, but they never give up.”

I promised…..I wouldn’t cry!